DeSantis said, “You know, this is a guy, although he’s much too liberal for Florida, I think he’s got huge problems with how he’s governed
Tallahassee. He is an articulate spokesman for those far left views and he is a charismatic candidate. I watched those Democrats debate and none of
that is just my cup of tea, but he performed better than the other people there, so we gotta work hard to make sure that we continue Florida going in
a good direction. Let’s build off the success we’ve had on Gov. Scott. The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a
socialist agenda with huge tax increases bankrupting the state. That is not going to work.”

I saw screw it. Let's all go full on racist nazis. The left keeps screaming that we are. Let's appease them and wear the badge proudly and go full on
Nazi fascist and drop n bombs like bro bruhs use the word "dude".

Now all of the sudden, if one of those kids is black, I am a disgusting racist?

This is what is wrong with our political system.

Instead of arguing policies, everyone is searching everywhere they can, to comments years past of facebook, to interviews that are current, for
anything that they can interpret as offensive in any way.

The person who can feign more offense at their opponent is the winner.

I dont see how desantis's comment was anything other than a common colloquialism that has nothing to do with race.

But for some, this will be all the proof they need to claim this guy is a racist and he must be rejected.

Not surprising though, because they know they have nothing worth arguing on policy

Also, are not allowed to use the phrase "monkey around"? Say I'm at a playground with my daughter, and a family of color shows up. Am I not allowed
to use the above phrase fo fear of being labeled a racist?

Also, I think he meant to say "muck" instead of monkey. Either way, Gillum will win for the same reason Obama won. Making history and all that.

I heard he meant "monkey wrench", as in "throw a monkey wrench in the works", but of course, the media will run wild with monkey = african
american....Regardless, he's a way better candidate than Gillum to run FL.

I don't know what the intentions were for the candidate who uttered this phrase....

But isn't just blindly attaching the word monkey to race kind of racist too? I mean, it's 2018, are there really self proclaimed racist watchdogs with
good intentions making sure no one is using slurs? Or is there something to be said for the mind of the "moral" when they hear the word monkey and see
a black person and scream "THAT'S RACIST". What if it wasn't intended to have anything to do with race? Does crying wolf and making an outcry not have
the same effect on those who would be offended?

Michelle Obama has come under some fire for allegedly using a racial slur during a recent interview.

The First Lady of the USA was being questioned about her experience as a working mother by ABC news reporter Robin Roberts at the White House Summit
on Working Families on Monday when she apparently used the term “gypped”.

Speaking about living on a part-time wage, she said: “The first thing I tried to do, which was a mistake, was that I tried the part-time thing… I
realised I was getting gypped on that front.

Well, if you're looking for uniformity in application of slurs, try to figure out why it was acceptable to call GW Bush "Chimp" for his entire
presidency, used by many, many in and out of the public eye and, when called on it, the defense was "He looks like a monkey." but the instant ANY
non-white gets called the same, it doesn't matter if they're ears look like a cab with the doors open and they're standing holding a banana, it's
never going to end well for whoever made the comment.

We coddle special interest people's thin skin far, far too much in this country.

Do I think he is incapable of choosing his words more carefully, thereby making himself LOOK like a racist, or at the very least, a moron? Yes.

I get that it's now cool for a politician to mouth diarrhea whatever words come into the brain, without the slightest thought as to what those words
are, but you'd think a man in public office would use the slightest amount forethought, right?

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